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Newly published papers on reptiles and amphibians from the HerpAtlas research library, updated automatically. Browse by animal on the species pages.
- Placement of a radiopaque polyurethane esophagostomy tube in a yellow-footed tortoise (Chelonoidis denticulatus) using MILA's tunneler device.
Padilla Z, Marvel S, Day A et al. · Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association · 2025-06 · open access
- Habitat-specific differences in feeding morphology of fire salamander larvae (Salamandra salamandra)
Christoph Ptatscheck, Laura Schulte, Barbara A. Caspers · Zoomorphology · 2025-06 · open access
Abstract Amphibians exploit a variety of aquatic habitats for breeding, with local environmental factors shaping physiology, behavior, and morphology. Ponds and streams are representatives of contrasting environments. Due to the low ecological stability, reduced oxygen levels, and limited food…
- Oral Cavity Disorders in Reptiles.
Masi M, Selleri P · The veterinary clinics of North America. Exotic animal practice · 2025-06
- Interpopulation morphological differences and sexual dimorphism of Dekay's brownsnake ( Storeria dekayi ) along a rural-urban gradient.
Huang T, Morin PJ, Ruane S · PeerJ · 2025-06 · open access
In response to the surge of urbanization in the modern era, many organisms have undergone various changes, such as the shift of their morphological traits to face the challenges brought by this drastic environmental transformation. Rapid adaptive evolution in the morphology of urban-dwelling…
- Fine-scale habitat heterogeneity affects embryonic development but not female reproduction in a lizard from desert steppes.
Pang X, Han X, Liu S et al. · Current zoology · 2025-06 · open access
- Efficient Techniques for Comprehensive Sampling of Accessible Tissues in Adult Xenopus.
Jonas-Closs RA, Anderson CE, Peshkin L · Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE · 2025-06
- Skin pH and buffering ability vary between two co-occurring semi-aquatic frog species.
Nkwonta E, Vanderwolf KJ, Ambeau T et al. · Conservation physiology · 2025-06 · open access
Amphibians face global declines linked to anthropogenic environmental change, including modifications to freshwater habitats. Human impacts on water chemistry, including acid rain and run-off of road salt into wetlands, may affect the physiology of amphibians with aquatic life stages. Specifically,…
- Tailored toxins: Coagulotoxic variations in Atropoides, Cerrophidion, Metlapilcoatlus, and Porthidium viperid venoms against diverse vertebrate plasmas.
Jones L, Neri-Castro E, Youngman NJ et al. · Toxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology · 2025-06 · open access
Venom is an adaptative trait that allows predators to subjugate prey. Despite this, there remains a distinct lack of research regarding the coagulotoxic effects of snake venom upon a species preferred prey. Using thrombelastography, this study aimed to characterize coagulotoxic venom effects from…
- Year-round habitat of snakes of the genus Elaphe (Colubridae, Reptilia) in industrial waste from a timber processing complex in the Lower Amur region
В. Т. Тагирова, Кришкевич Дмитрий Дмитриевич, Куранова Валентина Николаевна · Current Studies in Herpetology · 2025-06 · open access
We studied the colonization of the Amur Rat Snake Elaphe schrenckii and the Steppes Rat Snake E. dione of a sawdust mountain, located among the wastes a timber processing complex, during high floods of the Amur River. Since 2013, both species of snakes live in this territory year-round. For snakes,…
- The SH protein of mumps virus is a druggable pentameric viroporin.
Devantier K, Toft-Bertelsen TL, Prestel A et al. · Science advances · 2025-06 · open access
- Unlocking sea turtle diving behaviour from low-temporal resolution time-depth recorders.
Harvey-Carroll J, Menéndez-Blázquez J, Crespo-Picazo JL et al. · Scientific reports · 2025-06 · open access
Biologging is a rapidly advancing field providing information on previously unexplored aspects of animal ecology, including the vertical movement dimension. Understanding vertical behaviour through the use of time-depth recorders (TDRs) in marine vertebrates is critical to aid conservation and…
- Toad's survivability and soil microbiome alterations impacted via individual abundance.
Zhang T, Liu Y, Li J et al. · Biologia futura · 2025-06
- Mechanism of Ammonia-Induced Brain Damage in Chinese Striped-Necked Turtle (Mauremys sinensis).
Xiao Y, Niu X, Jiao X et al. · Integrative zoology · 2025-06 · open access
- Influence of enclosure design on the behaviour and welfare of Pogona vitticeps.
Denommé M, Bakker NL, Tattersall GJ · PloS one · 2025-06 · open access
Complex or naturalistic enclosures have become increasingly accepted as those best-suited to improve an animal's welfare. However, designing such enclosures can be difficult if little is known about the animal in the wild, and enclosures that aim to replicate natural habitats must still be assessed…
- Heat-Induced Hatching: Clarifying Effects of Hydration and Heating Rate on Behavioral Thermal Tolerance of Red-Eyed Treefrog Embryos.
Guevara-Molina EC, Gomes FR, Warkentin KM · Integrative organismal biology (Oxford, England) · 2025-06 · open access
Anurans are one of the most diverse groups of vertebrates but also most threatened by current climate change effects such as increasing environmental temperatures and more frequent and prolonged periods without rain. Many tropical anurans lay terrestrial eggs that are particularly vulnerable to…
- From One to Two: Unveiling Tail Bifurcation in Tokay Gecko (Gecko gecko) from Satchari National Park, Northeast Bangladesh
Atikul Islam Mithu, Harish Debbarma · Journal of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences · 2025-06 · open access
- Use of Neuraxial Anesthesia for Tail Amputation in a Sedated Central Bearded Dragon (Pogona vitticeps)
Julia Rose Gatto, Kaitlyn Crocker, Julianne E. McCready et al. · Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery · 2025-06
- PREDATION OF THE RED-EYED TREEFROG Agalychnis callidryas (ANURA: HYLIDAE) BY THE CENTRAL AMERICAN BULLFROG Leptodactylus savagei (ANURA: LEPTODACTYLIDAE), COSTA RICA
Sergio A. Villegas-Retana, Charlyn Elizondo Montano · Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetología · 2025-06 · open access
- Fungal disease does not affect skin carotenoid concentrations in dietary-supplemented strawberry poison frogs.
Prokopius RK, McGraw KJ, Catenazzi A · Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part B, Biochemistry & molecular biology · 2025-06
- Effects of an invasive top predator on ecosystem structure and function in a graminoid marsh food web
Shelby K. LeClare, Christina Margarita Romagosa, Benjamin Baiser · Oikos · 2025-06
- Nest, eggs and nestlings of Spot-backed Puffbird Nystalus maculatus from Maranhão, north-eastern Brazil
Hilda Raianne Silva de Melo, Januário da Conceição Júnior, Flávio Kulaif Ubaid · Bulletin of the British Ornithologists Club · 2025-06 · open access
- Evolutionarily distinct species are threatened by international trade.
Meeks D, Morton O, Edwards DP · Current biology : CB · 2025-06 · open access
Global wildlife trade involves thousands of species spanning the tree of life. Targeted exploitation of species risks eroding the accumulated evolutionary history of ecosystems, threatening species interactions and ecosystem resilience. A key issue is understanding how phylogenetic diversity and…
- Novel behavioral responses of sea turtles to gillnet fishing gear
Reavis JL, Witherington BE, Bresette MJ et al. · Biological Conservation. · 2025-06
- Assessing the relative influence of island climatic and geographical factors on body size in an endangered iguana species of the French Caribbean
Florian Desigaux, Killian Martin, Michel Breuil et al. · Journal of Zoology · 2025-06 · open access
- Investigation of field and laboratory-based personality traits in a wild ornate box turtle (Terrapene ornata) population
Brianna Wilson, Samantha Kim, Abigail Trautman et al. · Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology · 2025-06 · open access
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